Example sentences of "those who [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | THOSE who yearn for the smiling helpfulness of American skiing , but whose credit limits do not permit access to it , can console themselves with the news that the French resort of Les Arcs is launching a campaign to distinguish itself from competing resorts by encouraging staff to be unfailingly polite . |
| 2 | Although a perfect antidote to those who yearn for a return of those days . |
| 3 | I would remind those who yearn for their bloodlust to be perpetuated that , in their day , so also were public executions , the burning of witches and ritual disembowelling to mention but a few of the highlights of our glorious heritage . |
| 4 | In effect , professional and financial factors combined with political pressures to strengthen the camp of those who pressed for the reform of ORTF . |
| 5 | Those who come for the lakes will not be disappointed either . |
| 6 | The patients whom I find most tragic are those who come for help in dealing with abuse which occurred fifty or sixty years ago , and which has often crippled them mentally and emotionally ever since . |
| 7 | But those who wish for a basically Northern solution , even a dual national state with inputs both from the Republic and Britain , can interpret the policy as suiting their needs , and can thus find space on the ballot paper for the SDLP . |
| 8 | Nonetheless , those who wish for lasting secure recovery will need to learn to consider feedback from any source and family members who truly desire longterm recovery for their loved ones will need first to understand their own " family disease " and get into recovery from it before learning the techniques of giving open and honest non-judgemental feedback to others . |
| 9 | It is very understandable that those who wish for a federal Europe should have tried to undermine the credibility of the ‘ Fresh Start ’ Motion , since it attracted the names of over eighty Conservative Members of Parliament . |
| 10 | For those who qualify for this extra help the reduction will be equal to the community charge minus £52 . |
| 11 | Exact numbers are unavailable : 2.5 to three million is the accepted figure , though 70 years of cultural and religious suppression , intermarriage and assimilation means that the real number — in Zionist terms those who qualify for automatic Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return — may be far higher . |
| 12 | Unemployment Benefit recipients with a Spouse who is not working will usually have an income low enough for those who qualify for topping-up Supplementary Benefit . |
| 13 | By the end of the decade , well over half of those who qualify for assistance will be aged over 80 , mainly those who served in the Second World War or their widows . |
| 14 | That should go to the rescue workers who took great risks to bring out survivors , the skill of the medical teams and the love expressed by those who cared for the injured and bereaved . |
| 15 | So it was a great disappointment to discover that she was quite unlike all the other home-bred horses , and that she would give nothing in return to those who cared for her and bestowed affection upon her . |
| 16 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |
| 17 | By his romantic rise to fame and fortune and his great philanthropy to those who cared for his mother , James Macrae was a credit to the land of his birth . |
| 18 | As Oliver ( 1986 ) has recently pointed out , the word was originally used in respect of those who cared for dependent adult relatives , mostly elderly people : |
| 19 | To a romantic affectionate boy such as Rich , watching the wear of work , sensing the tensions of poverty , longing for everything to be given to those who cared for him so much , money could seem the sole solution , the salvation . |
| 20 | Those who cared for Michael gently encouraged him to accept his toys and belongings again . |
| 21 | Her sister was headstrong and volatile , sometimes thoughtless of the feelings of those who cared for her , but she could also be charming and generous , compassionate and very lovable , and she was certainly no femme fatale , to lead a man to his doom against his will . |
| 22 | Those who opted for the unit trust — the South and East Asia Growth Trust — would have been able to realise their holdings for cash at about 98 per cent of Drayton Asia . |
| 23 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 24 | The mixture of reactionary conservatism and political anti-semitism in the main represented a response of those who asked for a stable hierarchical society based on paternalistic deference . |
| 25 | Almost 30 pages of art for only £4.25 and as with Eastern Promise , copyright free for all those who knit for a profit . |
| 26 | By 1928 Vidor was almost a cult figure amongst movie intellectuals and when he was in Europe in that year all those who hoped for better things listened with interest as he pointed out that independent film-makers and the ‘ little theatre movement ’ would never compete with Hollywood and would never break through to the large undeveloped market unless they attracted sufficient investment to improve their product . |
| 27 | PMC works , according to its brochure , ‘ for those who fight for democratic empowerment , for environmental values , for social justice and economic fairness , for people of color , for women , for all groups historically disenfranchised . ’ |
| 28 | The second point is that precisely because legal conservatism values precedent , and will overturn prior cases only rarely , those who hope for great sea-changes in the law with the appointment of politically friendly judges are often disappointed . |
| 29 | However , when there is no chance that demand will fluctuate over the duration of the " event " , for example where the " event " is the week or two of heavy bookings at a hotel over Christmas , payment might be offered in the form of a lump sum at the end and might include a " loyalty bonus " for those who stay for the full period . |
| 30 | Whenever we quote anyone , Labour Members seem anxious to become an even smaller group : they want to disavow even those who write for The Guardian , if what they say does not suit Labour . |